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By Pramod Madhav: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) panchayat president and State Schedule Castes (SC) wing functionary has been hacked to death at Nazarathpettai in Tamil Nadu’s Poonamallee.
The incident took place on Thursday night when Valarpuram Village Panchayat president BBGT Shankar was returning from a wedding.
Police said some unknown assailants stopped his vehicle and hurled crude bombs at the vehicle.
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They said as Shankar tried to escape, he was surrounded and hacked to death by the miscreants.
On being informed, police reached the spot, checked the area, and sent the body to the mortuary.
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Police said Shankar had several pending cases on his name, adding that further investigation was underway.
BJP STATE CHIEF CONDEMNS INCIDENT
BJP state chief Annamalai condemned the murder of the BJP functionary and claimed that incidents of crime were on the rise during the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) regime.
“Police, who are supposed to protect the life and property of the people, have been turned into a propaganda department of the ruling party. CM Stalin, who holds the Home portfolio, is unable to handle law and order and is deceiving the people, calling himself the No 1 CM. I demand that the culprits be apprehended immediately. I warn that if such incidents continue, BJP will hold protests across Tamil Nadu,” tweeted Annamalai.
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